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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Fred Hamptom Jr. & Big Man at SSE

Fred Hampton Jr. Chairman of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee—CCOP will speak at Sonoma State University Monday, November 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM in Stevenson Hall RM 1002.

Title of the talk will be, “You Can Kill a Revolutionary but You Can’t Kill the Revolution.”

Fred Hampton Jr. will discussing the 40th Anniversary of the assassination of his 21 year -old father Fred Hampton, Deputy Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and his comrade 22 year old Defense Captain Mark Clark. Both killed by the U.S. Government in 1969.

Special Guest for the event will be Sonoma County resident Elbert (Big Man) Howard co-founder of Black Panther Party Oakland.

Chairman Fred Hampton Jr, is not only a former political prisoner, he is the son of the assassinated deputy Chairman Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party who was born 2 weeks after the government murdered his father and incarcerated his mother, on December 4th, 1969.

This is a free event for students. A $5.00-$10.00 donation will be accepted for general admissions—no one turned away for lack of funds.